hello, Im new to this community. Currently I dont have very many mods; snakebites and 0g lobes. Although I plan on getting many many more. I have been wanting to do an ear project, and I figured it would be really neat to have my lobes done at 00g on my first hole, 2g on my second, and 4g on my third. Ive never seen this done before, so i was hoping somone could give some advice as to what gauge i should peirce my second and third holes, opinions on how it would look, and anything else i should know.

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Alright, So I've noticed a massive loss of updating in this community, and it saddens me because although it was quite small, i enjoyed it, and it had lots of potential.

So, as we all don't know, I currently have two jobs. which equals less time for sitting on my ass looking at a computer screen. I do promise that I will try my hardest to make you guys like this place again, as long as you consider updating too.. because well, you can be cool too.

I haven't updated my new piercings yet.. here's my monroe, I got it in october, my navel in november, and my nipples in january (I'd rather not post pics of my nips, and i don't have any of my navel at the moment so you're stuck with one boring picture.) My ears are still at an 1". and no they aren't disfigured, my ears are swollen in that pic cause i was sick and my ears swell when im sick.( Read more...Collapse )crossposted

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Some Illinois lawmakers want to make sure the twinkle in your eye doesn't come from jewelry.

Repulsed by a body modification offered at a Dutch institute -- where tiny metal hearts and half-moons are surgically embedded in the whites of the eye -- one lawmaker has proposed banning the practice in Illinois.

A House committee Thursday approved legislation that would make it a felony to implant jewelry in someone's eye.

"I don't think anybody should be messing with the eyeball," Democratic Rep. Kevin Joyce said Friday.

The procedure involves making a tiny slice in the membrane covering the eye and slipping in a small, flat piece of metal. The result is a shiny shape in the white of the eye. The procedure is performed under local anesthetic.

Dr. Janak Koirala, assistant professor of medicine at Southern Illinois University, said he is concerned about the possibility of infection or other damage -- risks that would last as long as the person kept the jewelry in their eye.

"It's not like piercing the skin," he said.

In the United States, at least one California-based doctor is offering the procedure, but a tattoo artist said lawmakers are giving the issue more attention than it deserves.

"Most people in the Midwest, when it comes to body modification, are very conservative," said Kevin Veara, the 43-year-old owner of Black Moon Tattoos.

He conceded, however, that as tattoos become more mainstream, people in Europe and the U.S. coasts are undergoing more daring and possibly dangerous body modifications -- larger and deeper piercings through various body parts.

"It's like you're not a freak anymore if you have a tattoo," Veara said. "To be a freak you've got to step up a little bit."

Well, I just moved from a 14 to a 10g. I bought this little 3 piece set at Hot Topic, and it had a 14g, 12g, and a 10g. I was putting in the 14gs and realised that they were too small (And later found out the earrings I already had are a 14...). Then I put in the 12, and they were pretty loose too. So I put in the 10.

My left ear, it fits snugly, and there is no pain at all. My right ear, on the other hand, has a slight burning sensation. I know why this is, because I'm always randomly messing with my left ear and twisting the earring around. My question is: Does anyone else do that too (Not necesarrily to the left ear, but maybe to the right, and find that one ear is tighter to a gauge then the other)?

So sorry to have to ask another one of these, but I'd hate to mess up my piercing.

I got my lip pierced in the center (standard piercing) a little less then a month ago. I noticed a few days ago it was getting a bump right below the hole. It's red, but it doesn't hurt unless I touch it (like when I'm cleaning it). Today I looked at it and it's getting bigger and going around the hole.

I've just been cleaning it like normal, soap and water and using Biotene as my mouthwash.